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- Status
- Wanted
- Agency
- FBI
- Notice
- FBI Wanted
- Issued
- 2025
- Nationality
- Mexican
- Checked
Julio Cesar Montero Pinzon
The FBI lists Julio Cesar Montero Pinzon, a Mexican national, on its Wanted list (notice published in 2025). The notice links Pinzon to charges that include murder, terrorism, drug trafficking and organised crime. The United States Department of State’s Transnational Organized Crime Rewards Program is offering a reward of up to $10 million for information leading to the arrest and/or conviction of Julio Cesar Montero Pinzon.
He is described as 1.75 m tall, weighing about 84 kg, with brown eyes and brown hair. Born on 2 June 1982 in Mexico, he would now be 44.
- Murder or homicide
- Terrorism
- Drug trafficking
- Organised crime
- Fraud or forgery
- Money laundering
- Weapons offences
Charges, as published
- Money Laundering Conspiracy
- Providing Material Support, Attempting to Provide Material Support, and Conspiracy to Provide Material Support to a Foreign Terrorist Organization
- Wire Fraud Conspiracy
Reward
The United States Department of State’s Transnational Organized Crime Rewards Program is offering a reward of up to $10 million for information leading to the arrest and/or conviction of Julio Cesar Montero Pinzon.
Case details, as published by FBI
Julio Cesar Montero Pinzon is an alleged high-ranking leader of Jalisco New Generation Cartel (CJNG), a major transnational cartel and designated foreign terrorist organization based in Mexico. Montero Pinzon allegedly directed an international complex fraud scheme targeting American timeshare owners in Mexico. Over the past decade, this operation allegedly laundered hundreds of millions in alternative revenue to finance CJNG’s drug and weapons trade. Montero Pinzon is also an alleged leader of elite sicario hitmen units responsible for extreme violence and high-profile assassinations with access to military-grade weaponry. On October 27, 2025, a federal arrest warrant was issued for Montero Pinzon in the United States District Court, Eastern District of New York, Brooklyn, New York, after he was charged with Money Laundering Conspiracy; Wire Fraud Conspiracy; and Providing Material Support, Attempting to Provide Material Support, and Conspiracy to Provide Material Support to a Foreign Terrorist Organization.
About this notice
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